Bill limits food aid to permanent residents living here ten years.
H.R. 9456 — SNAP Citizenship and Residency Act of 2026 · Filed by Tim Burchett (R-TN) · Introduced Jun 25, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill changes who can get SNAP food assistance. Only non-citizens who are permanent residents can get SNAP. They must have lived in the U.S. for at least ten years. Right now, some non-citizens with other legal statuses can get SNAP. This bill stops that.
Who it affects
Non-citizens and families with non-citizens lose access to SNAP. Households with both U.S. citizens and non-citizens may lose SNAP entirely. Newly arrived permanent residents must wait ten years before getting food assistance.
One thing to notice
Families with U.S. citizen children and non-citizen parents could lose SNAP even though the children are citizens. Food banks may get more people asking for help when SNAP coverage shrinks.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jun 25, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Jun 25, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Agriculture · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- SNAP — A federal program that gives money to buy food for people with low income.
- permanent residents — Non-citizens who have legal permission to live and work in the U.S. permanently.
- non-citizens — People who are not U.S. citizens but live in the United States.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (825 characters) on Jul 2, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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